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as in asked
to put a question or questions to
her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job
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as in interrogated
to put a series of questions to
applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood
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He was asked to be the signal-caller, and that responsibility seemed to hinder his ability to read and react.—
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At just 18 months old, he was cast as baby Toby in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, after the filmmaker asked the Frouds, who were already working on the film, if their infant could step into the role.—
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Jorge Antonio Rodríguez died that same year after being interrogated by intelligence agents.—
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Whiteness is interrogated and Blackness is structural.—
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Parents have also questioned why no new security procedures have been put in place to improve locker room supervision or restrict cell phone use among the staff.—
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This defiance has rallied Danes behind her, though critics have questioned her ability to defend the homeland.—
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Researchers then examined liver immune cells to determine how their DNA activity was regulated and measured levels of a key receptor.—
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Papers had been presented, models dissected, scenarios examined.—
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The Kids Baking Championship co-hosts quizzed each other on Gen Z (and Gen Alpha) slang in a funny new Food Network video.—
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The attorney general used the same tactic when Durbin quizzed her about a July memo from her department announcing no new information had been found in its Epstein files.—
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“Catechized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catechized. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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